Non-refillable bottle



(No M'bdl.)

S. P. HILL & P. VAN WINKLE.

NON-REPILLABLE BOTTLE. No. 572,302.

Patented Dec. 1, 1896,

WITNESS ATTORNEVJ" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SYLVESTER P. HILL AND FRANK VAN WVINKLE, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

NON-REFlLLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,302, dated December 896- Application filed May '7, 1396. Serial No. 590,511. (No model.)

- To all whom it may concern:

and similar vessels; and the object thereof is to provide a vessel of this class with a neck attachment which is so constructed that when the vessel has been filled and the neck attachment applied the vessel may be emptied of its contents but cannot be refilled or reused.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, in which we have shown our invention applied to a bottle, in which- Figure 1 is a central vertical section of the upper part of a bottle and our improvement applied thereto, and Fig. 2 a section on-the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the practice of our invention we provide a bottle or other vessel A, having a neck a, at the lower end of which is an annular shoulder a and we also provide a tube B, which is in wardly contracted at b, so as to form an annular shoulder which rests on the neck CL of the bottle, and above which is a tubular extension b which is inwardly contracted at 19 so as to form an inwardly-directed annular shoulder, and annular shoulders 11 and b are formed on the outer sides of the tube where the contractions are formed, and above the annular shoulder b is an extension I), which is also tubular in form, and when thus constructed the tube 13 consists of three parts, the central part being smaller in diameter than the lower part and the upper part being smaller in diameter than the central part, and said parts are preferably substantially the same in-length. V

We also provide two fine wires 0 and D, the ends of which are secured in the bottom of the neck of the bottle, as shown at- E, at the time that the bottle is made, and in practice we form transverse openings or passages F in the bottom part of the central portion of the end of said tube is placed over the neck, as

shown in Fig. 1, and the wires D and O are passed transversely through the openings F in opposite directions and wound around the lower portion of the central part of the tube B.

We also provide a tubular casing G, the central bore of which is formed to correspond with the form of the tube B, being enlarged at its lower end, contracted at the central portion, and still further contracted at the upper end thereof, and said casing is adapted to be inserted over the tube B, as shown in Fig. 1, and the central and lower portions of the bore formed therein are slightly larger in diameter than the central and lower pore tions of the tube B. This casing G is placed in position after the tube B has been secured in posit-i011, as hereinbefore described, and the upper end thereof is provided with an annular chamber g, which is larger in diameter than the upper portion of the bore of the tubular casing, whereby an annular inwardlydirected shoulder g is formed, and we also provide a rod or plug H,which is adapted to be inserted into the upper end of the tube B and to extend downwardly to or approximately to the lower end of the central portion of said tube, and which is provided with two upwardly and outwardly directed springs h, which are formed by passing a strong wire through the lower end of the plug and bending the ends thereof upwardly, and when said plug is forced into position the springs It will operate in'connection with the inwardly-directed annular shoulder b on the tube 13 to hold said plug in place, and the plug H is provided with a circular head 7L2, which rests on the upper end of the tube 13, and alsov on the annular shoulder g on the casing G, and thus holds said casing in place.

NVe also provide a ring K, of packing material, which is placed on the annular shoulder a at the lower end of the neck a of the bottle, and the tube B and the tubular casing G rest on this packing-ring and the wires and D are passed therethrough.

The operation will be readily understood from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the following statement thereof:

The bottle or vessel A must first be filled before the neck attachment is applied, and

having been filled with the desired contents the tubular attachment B is placed thereon and the wires 0 and D are passed therethrough and wound around the central portion thereof, as hereinbefore described, after which the tubular casing G is placed in position and the plug H is then forced into the upper end of the tube D, and said casing will be held in place by the cap or head 77, on the plug H, and the tube B will be held in place by the wires 0 and D, and the bottle cannot be opened or emptied without inserting a cutting instrument beneath the bottom of the casing G and cutting the wires C and D, and when this is done the casing and the tube 13 may be easily removed. We may also employ an ordinary stopper or cork O, by means of which the neck of the bottle may be closed before the neck attachment is applied, and this cork may be used in the ordinary manner after the attachment is removed, and the removal of these parts, as hereinbefore described, will be proof of the fact that the bottle has once been filled and emptied, and it will thus be seen that we accomplish the object of our invention by means of a device which is simple in construction and operation and which is well adapted to accomplish the result for which it is intended.

Having fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A bottle or other vessel, provided with a neck, an annular shoulder or projection at the base thereof, a tubular attachment which is adapted to be placed on, and inclose said neck, and which is provided with transverse openings in the sides thereof, wires secured in the bottle at the base of the neck and adapted to be passed transversely through said openings, a tubular casing which is adapted to be inserted over said tubular attachment, and which is provided at its upper end with an inwardly-directed annular shoulder, and a plug which is adapted to be forced into the upper end of said tubular attachment, and provided with springs which are adapted to operate in connection, with an inwardly-directed annular shoulder formed therein, and with a cap or head which is adapted to rest upon the upper end of said tubular attachment, and in the annular chamber formed within said tubular casing, substantially as shown and described.

2. A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck, an annular shoulder or projection at the base thereof, a tubular attachment which is adapted to be placed on, and inclose said neck, and which is provided with transverse openings in the sides thereof, wires secured in the bottle at the base of the neck, and adapted to be passed transversely through said openings, a tubular casing which is adapted to be inserted over said tubular attachment, and which is provided at its upper end with an inwardly-directed annular shoulder, and a plug which is adapted to be forced in the upper end of said tubular attachment, and provided with springs which are adapted to operate in connection with aninwardlydirected annular shoulder formed therein, and with a cap or head which is adapted to rest upon the upper end of said tubular attachment, and in the annular chamber formed within said tubular casing, said tubular attachment being provided with a central contracted portion, which is smaller than the base thereof, and with an upper portion which is contracted and smaller than the central portion, and the central bore through the tubular casin g being similarly formed, substantially as shown and described.

3. A bottle or other Vessel, provided with a neck, at the base of which is an annular outwardly-directed shoulder or projection, and a tubular attachment connected therewith, the lower end of which is adapted to inclose said neck, said neck being provided with wires which are secured therein, at the base of the neck and which are adapted to be passed therethrough and a tubular casin g which is adapted to inclose said tubular attachment, and the upper end of which is'provided with an annular chamber, and a plug which is adapted to be inserted into said attachment, and which is provided at its lower end with springs which are adapted to operate in connection with an annular inwardlydirected shoulder or projection in said tubular attachment, said plug being provided at its upper end with a disk or head, which is adapted to rest on said tubular attachment and the bottom of the annular chamber which is formed in said tubular casing, substantially as shown and described.

4, A bottle or other vessel provided with a neck, a tubular attachment connected therewith, and adapted to be secured thereto, a tubular box or casing inclosing said attachment, and means for closing the upper end of said attachment and for holding said tubular casing in place, substantially as shown and described.

5. A bottle, or other vessel, provided with a neck, a tubular attachment connected therewith, and adapted to be secured thereto, a tubular box or casing inclosing said attachment, and means for closing the upper end of said attachment and for holding said tubular casing in place, consisting of a plug,

the lower end of which is provided with a spring or springs which operate in connection with an annular shoulder or projection in said tubular attachment and the upper end presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 4th of which is provided with a head or disk day of May, 1896.

which rests on said tubular attachment and on the bottom of an annular chamber formed SYLVESTER HILL in said casing, substantially as shown and FRANK VAN WVINKLE' described. lVitnesses In testimony that we claim the foregoing as M. J. MOCARTY,

our invention we have signed our names, in A. ARMSTRONG. 

